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Teen Kills for MMO subscription

Posted Sep 17, 2008 by Indelible

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A 13 year old Vietnamese boy has killed an 81-year-old woman to pay for his MMO subscription.

Police say Dan strangled Mai Thi Mau, 81, with a piece of rope and took 100,000 dong (6.2 dollars) from her before burying her in a pile of sand in front of his house on November 10.

This is not an isolated case of violence related to MMO gaming. Another 15-year-old boy resorted to violence to pay for his MMO subscription as well.

Trinh Dinh Thanh, of northern Vinh Phuc province,was arrested after he allegedly demanded some 300 dollars from a local businessman, threatening to splash sulfuric acid on the face of the man's 12-year-old daughter if he refused to pay.

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  • Chrono1000 said 
    Wed, Nov 21 2007 8:34 AM ()

    Wow, not sure what to say about this, except these people are, contrary to what is said in the article, isolated incidents. I think it's safe to say 99% of us MMO players have a tight enough grasp on sanity and reality to know resorting to violence to pay for fees is just...insane.

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  • wantmybed said 
    Wed, Nov 21 2007 8:34 AM ()

    http://news.curse.com/details/3716/#new_comment Reply

    That and to mug someone would involve one of us actually moving from the PC...

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  • straseed said 
    Wed, Nov 21 2007 8:34 AM ()

    This, not morality, would be the biggest obstacle for me.

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  • ironsun said 
    Wed, Nov 21 2007 8:34 AM ()

    Dunno bout insane or not, but they're children (still) 13 and 15 years old, and then there leaving somewherev on a ass of the world those are all the factors that you need to gonna go crazy i mean.

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  • Ziz said 
    Wed, Nov 21 2007 8:34 AM ()

    I'm fell sorry for the Old woman :d

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  • oopomopoo said 
    Wed, Nov 21 2007 8:34 AM ()

    rofl.... damn kids, thats why they have esrb ratings XD

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  • backtothepast00 said 
    Wed, Nov 21 2007 8:34 AM ()

    This article should be removed. Sick of reading of the biased reports of mmos causing violence.

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  • SagivSaffi said 
    Wed, Nov 21 2007 8:34 AM ()

    Notice all the names are in Vietnamese or Chinese. Where children are already killed (no more than 2 women per house please!), people starve, and little is being done my governments to stop it. Sad to see, but it will keep happening, people are just wanting a few more bucks for a MMO subscription along with what they steal for food.

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  • kap0w said 
    Wed, Nov 21 2007 8:34 AM ()

    thats right; it just goes to show how horrible mmo's are for us.

    it's very important we blame the justification, and not the criminals.

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